“Hey, it’s f*cking real. This really works, doesn’t it?”

 

“A good harvest for the first time in a while. Let’s see… wow, isn’t that a Griffin?”

 

“We’ll get more Griffins later. But what’s that thing with it?”

 

The noise definitely belonged to humans.

 

Rough, loud voices that were harsh to the ear. I didn’t feel good. The calm sensation in my heart faded away, and it began to beat fast.

“What… Wait, isn’t that a woman in the corner? A human woman?”

“A banshee, she must have transformed. Oh, but banshees bring bad luck… “

“That’s because someone dies when that b*tch cries, you idiot. You’re just pretending to be smart at the end of the day.”

 

Without any hesitation, the people who came into the cave chatted with excitement.

 

Two men and one woman. They were all very suspicious, armed with odd-shaped equipment, and as excited as hunters who discovered wonderful game, rather than being frightened by the sight of Popo and Griffin.

 

I had a feeling I knew what they were– Poachers.

 

I had heard of poachers, who illegally hunt and collect monster cores by purchasing relics in the black market. They seemed to have been led into the forest after detecting magic with the relic they had.

“Hey, that’s a shame. Banshees are supposed to be dirty old witches, but this one is a beauty…”

 

“Let’s get this over with. I saw earlier that there were paladins all over the place, and if we get caught, we’re really screwed.”

 

I didn’t move a muscle. I hardly breathed. Popo and Griffin were strangely still.

 

The man holding a light blue shining sword approached Popo as if he was amazed. Popo’s mouth was tightly closed, hiding its teeth.

 

“I don’t think they’re coming here. The legend said that a giant lizard cub was asleep here… but what the f*ck is this? Rabbit or raccoon? What was the name of this thing? It looks so stupid.”

“Hey, let’s get this one first. The monster is pretending to be a human being.” The flaming red-haired woman gestured toward me.

 

At that moment, a man who was scratching his stomach turned toward me, smacking his lips.

 

“Ku, ku, ku, ku…”

 

Griffin let out a sound of laughter. To be exact, it was more of a low, bizarre cry, but to my ears, it sounded like a laugh. And… Popo opened its mouth. Popo’s wide-open mouth enlarged throughout its huge body, revealing a space full of eerily beautiful sharp teeth and skeletons.

 

I didn’t make any noise until the end.

The sky seemed to be getting darker and darker, and the heavy rain began to pour. The sky-high trees didn’t help much either.

 

“Lord Izek.”

 

Someone put out a cigarette of leaves. Izek shook his head as a gesture of rejection and looked at Durahan’s corpse at his feet. It was the monster he’d caught a while ago. Only the remaining monster core and the severed head rolled around at his feet.

 

only leave behind

 

kept blocking his view. Everyone seemed tired of the

 

think it’s a no-go here, too.” Ivan, who almost kicked the Durahan’s

 

did not reply. He had been hearing it

 

“You know what, Iz.”

 

back because he knew what he was going to say. Ivan shrugged at

 

been searching the forest area for three

 

efforts, including the City Guards, the Knights of Longinus and the

 

fortunate that the people who were usually crazy about fighting were working together without making noise for a long time, but so far, no progress has been

 

they should seriously consider the hypothesis that the madman who kidnapped Rudbeckia, intentionally

 

way, it was a more promising

 

been dragged into this area, by

 

“Iz.”

 

back, Izek stared at the

 

at it. Something as

 

already been three days,

 

“It’s been four days.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Four days.”

 

There was silence.

 

he suddenly felt miserable. It was the same for Izek, who said this. It was around dawn three days ago when he found the shoe, but it was

 

later

 

had sent a message

 

no one knew until then

 

It didn’t make sense.

 

knew about her disappearance for

 

Nevertheless, that had happened.

 

blame? Who

 

in the first place? She had been hanging around

 

stayed still when they found out she hadn’t returned home? The Duke who was in the manor

 

in the evening after visiting Freya, and

 

Or himself?

 

wet with rainwater roughly with the back of his

 

was

 

that it was all her fault, but it was never her fault. His foolishness, him not knowing how Rudbeckia was being treated in his house when he was absent, came backstabbing like a sword. The majority

 

chief maid who was close

 

out how harsh they could

 

birthday party was revealed, because the maid was forty years old, Ellenia covered for her. He thought that was the root of it all anyway, so he just let it

 

shouldn’t have done

 

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